History at Wake Forest University

If you plan to study history, take a look at what Wake Forest University has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Wake Forest University is located in Winston-Salem, North Carolina and approximately 8,789 students attend the school each year. Of the 1,472 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Wake Forest University in 2021, 33 of them were history majors.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in History section at the bottom of this page.

Wake Forest University History Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in History

Wake Forest University History Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the history progam at Wake Forest University compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The history major at Wake Forest University is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for History. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Ranking Type	Rank
Best Value History Schools	244
Most Focused History Bachelor’s Degree Schools	468
Most Focused History Schools	541

Earnings of Wake Forest University History Graduates

The median salary of history students who receive their bachelor's degree at Wake Forest University is $40,486. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 40% higher than the national average of $28,881 for all history bachelor's degree recipients.

History Student Demographics at Wake Forest University

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the history majors at Wake Forest University.

Wake Forest University History Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 48% of history bachelor's degrees went to men and 52% went to women. The typical history bachelor's degree program is made up of only 43% women. So female students are more repesented at Wake Forest University since its program graduates 9% more women than average.

About 88% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in history at Wake Forest University are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Wake Forest University with a bachelor's in history.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	29
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Wake Forest University also has a doctoral program available in history. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Careers That History Grads May Go Into

A degree in history can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for NC, the home state for Wake Forest University.

Occupation	Jobs in NC	Average Salary in NC
High School Teachers	25,240	$47,580
Managers	11,990	$121,500
History Professors	770	$72,800
Curators	590	$47,200
Museum Technicians and Conservators	210	$40,850

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By JHMM13 under License

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